Morning report. 1995-02-16 : Waitangi Day / New Zealand Day name debate.

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1995
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18472
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Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1995
Reference
18472
Media type
Audio
Duration
00:20:43
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RNZ Collection
Bolger, Jim, 1935-, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Henare, Tau, 1960-, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Muldoon, R. D. (Robert David), 1921-1992, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Rata, Matiu, 1934-1997, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Walker, Ranginui, 1932-2016, Speaker/Kaikōrero

Excerpts from Morning Report, 16 February 1995.

Live interview with Prime Minister Jim Bolger who suggests Waitangi Day should be renamed New Zealand Day. Includes archive material from Muldoon.
Followed by a live interview with opposition MP Tau Henare who responds to the Prime Minister's suggestion.

Later in the programme, response from Matui Rata, the former Labour Party cabinet minister who first suggested the name New Zealand Day in 1969.
Comment from academic Professor Ranginui Walker.